Quantcast

Great Lakes Wire

Saturday, September 13, 2025

News from July 2021

Medium nowhiring03

Total non-farm payroll employees in Michigan decreases by 0.2% in June 2021

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

Michigan reported the number of employees on non-farm payrolls for the month of June 2021 was 210,400, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report.

Medium re 12

Michigan ranked 53rd in average VA home loan amount in Q3

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

With $210,310 in loans issued, Michigan ranked 53rd in average loan amount for VA home loans in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021, according to the Veteran’s Affairs Home Loans Index.

Medium nowhiring06

Ann Arbor nonfarm payroll employees slight increase since June 2021

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for July 2021 in the Ann Arbor metropolitan statistical area was 210,500, a slight increase over the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Medium adobestock 251268502

Michigan reports $110 million in miscellaneous tax revenue in Q2 2021

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

Michigan's miscellaneous tax revenue reached $110 million in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 37.5% compared to the previous quarter.

Medium adobestock 294508985

Michigan's income tax revenue up 61.7 percent in year since Q2 2020

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

Michigan collected $3.8 billion in individual income taxes during the second quarter of 2021, a 61.7 percent increase over the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

Medium adobestock 308631683

Michigan collected $812.8 million in corporate net income taxes in 2020

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

Of the $28.1 billion in taxes collected by Michigan in 2020, 2.9 percent, or $812.8 million, came from corporations net income taxes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Medium healthinsurance 760x475

482 people die in Michigan from heart disease in week ending May 8

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

There were 482 deaths with heart disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Michigan during the week ending May 8, a 7.8 percent increase over the previous week.

Medium re 8

Average VA Purchase Loan amount in Michigan increases from Q1 to Q2

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Michigan in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 was $236,586, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index

Medium adobestock 292792148

Michigan collected 0.8% less in amusements sales tax in 2020

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

Of the $28.1 billion in taxes collected by Michigan in 2020, $115.3 million came from amusements sales tax, a 0.8 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Medium genbusiness011

201 professional licenses issued in Ottawa County in 2019

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

Michigan's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) issued 201 professional licenses in Ottawa County in 2019, a 1.5-percent increase over the previous year, according to data provided by the department.

Medium adobestock 309942906

Michigan ranks 14th in the U.S. for the most occupation and business license, nec paid in 2020

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

In 2020, Michigan collected $256.8 million in occupation and business license, nec, ranking it 14th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Medium werehiring02

Ann Arbor sees 210,400 nonfarm payroll employees in June

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for June in Michigan's Ann Arbor metropolitan statistical area was 210,400, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Medium re 3

VA Purchase Loans in Michigan average $196,906 for Q2 2019

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Michigan in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 was $196,906, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Medium re 4

Michigan ranked 39th in home vacancy rate in Q2 2021

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

Michigan's home vacancy rate was 39th in the U.S., with a home vacancy rate of 0.6 percent in the second quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Medium adobestock 228780059

Michigan collects $3.9 billion in sales and gross receipt tax revenue in Q2

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

Michigan collected $3.9 billion in sales and gross receipt taxes during the second quarter of 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

Medium re 1

VA provides 6,925 home loans in Michigan totaling $1.5 billion in Q2

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

The U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) issued 6,925 home loans totaling $1.5 billion in Michigan during the second quarter of the fiscal year 2021, according to the Veteran’s Affairs Home Loans Index.

Medium re 4

Q2: VA home loan in Michigan averages $213,589

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

The average VA loan amount in Michigan during the second quarter of the fiscal year 2021 was $213,589, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Medium re 10

VA Purchase Loans in Michigan average $236,586 for Q2

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Michigan in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 was $236,586, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Medium realestate1

Michigan receives $290.3 million in VA Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans during Q1

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

The VA issued 1,474 Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Michigan during the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Medium adobestock 220383845

Michigan’s property tax revenue down 12.2 percent since Q2 2020

By Great Lakes Wire | Jul 1, 2021

Michigan collected $72 million in property taxes during the second quarter of 2021, a 12.2 percent decrease from the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.